[{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"09-0148","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270443600000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"The Federal Power Act, the Federal Clean Water Act, and the Federal Coastal Zone Management Act, grant some regulating authority to states for hydrokinetic projects. Additionally, if the hydrokinetic projects are to occur on\r\nstate lands or water bottoms, federal licensees must obtain a lease from the\r\nState for the impacted State-owned things. Last, it is the opinion of this Office that the State cannot charge a “royalty” for the use of the natural\r\nresources/running waters, unless the use includes a withdrawal or depletion of\r\nthe running waters. On the other hand, the State can charge a rental when\r\nleasing State-owned things for the siting of hydrokinetic devices. Additionally, there are no legal prohibitions on the State requiring all or part of its rental payment to be a reasonable percentage of the electricity produced from hydrokinetic or other renewable energy projects on state lands."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"09-0180","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270616400000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"The ultimate question of whether the practice of assessing passenger or ferry tolls in differing amounts based on residency is legal and permissible is highly fact-specific and would have to be decided by the courts based on evidence regarding the relation between the assessment of differing tolls to the appropriate state interest."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"09-0182","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270616400000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"The variance provided for in Ordinance 09-48 can only be granted after the state health officer gives the owner permission to use water from another source. Therefore, it is the opinion of this Office that since there is no evidence that the state health officer\r\nhas granted the owner the above-described permission, Ordinance 09-48 is invalid."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"09-0264","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270530000000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"The mayor for the City of Westwego has the legal authority to select professional service contracts."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"09-0298","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270443600000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"A public employee’s name, home address (when he or she has not requested it be kept confidential), physical location of\r\nwork, mailing address of work, salary information, job title, date of hire, length of state service, reimbursed expenses,and overtime paid in dollars and/or hours is public record subject to production pursuant to a public records request. La. R.S. 44:11 protects disclosure of a public employee’s home address when the employee has requested such information be kept private. A public employee’s date of birth, age, performance ratings and payroll deductions are protected from disclosure due to Louisiana’s constitutional\r\nright to privacy."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"09-0300","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270443600000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"Concerns about publication of unofficial meeting minutes pursuant to La. R.S. 43:144 do not outweigh the public’s\r\ninterest in timely notice of actions taken at the meeting, since any corrections to the minutes made at a later meeting would appear in the minutes of the later meeting. The ten-day time limit set forth in La. R.S. 43:144 does not apply to the publication of minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors of the Jackson Parish Ambulance Service District."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"10-0007","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270443600000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"A church is not a place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement, and thus, is not subject to the provisions of La. R.S. 51:2247.1."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"10-0021","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270616400000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"Public funds may be used to disseminate factual, unbiased information which contains a public official’s name and/or picture(s)if the information falls under one of the two exceptions listed in La.\r\nR.S. 43:111.1."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"10-0039","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270616400000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"A lobbyist registration charge imposed by the Louisiana Public Service Commission does not appear to be a charge\r\nrelated to the regulation of common carriers and public utilities. As such, it is our opinion that such a charge would not be considered a “fee” under Article VII, Section 2.1 of the\r\nLouisiana Constitution."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"10-0042","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270443600000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"Square footage obtained by the assessor in the performance of his or her constitutional and statutorily designated duties falls within the definition of a public record provided by the Public Records Act, regardless of whether the assessor determines the square footage him or herself or it is done by an outside contractor. As square footage is not recognized as confidential or protected information by the Public Records Act or the Louisiana Constitution, it must be produced for\r\ninspection by the public."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"10-0055","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270443600000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"Since the legislation creating the Natchitoches Parish Tourist Commission does not specifically authorize the use of proxy voting, the general prohibition against proxy voting in La. R.S. 42:5(B) applies."},{"Position":0,"DocId":0,"DocName":"10-0068","FileName":null,"DateUpdated":"\/Date(1270702800000)\/","OpinionNum":null,"Summary":"The fifteen dollar record check fee authorized by La. R.S. 32:409.1(A)(6)(c)(iii) is a fee and is not a tax. The fifteen dollar record check fee authorized by La. R.S. 32:409.1(A)(6)(c)(iii) is not a “new fee” or “an increase in an existing fee” subject to the\r\nlegislative approval requirements of Article VII, Section 2.1 of the\r\nLouisiana Constitution. The Office of Motor Vehicles was not required to follow the rulemaking procedures of the Louisiana Administrative Procedures Act, La. R.S. 49:950, et seq., before\r\nimplementing the fifteen dollar record check fee authorized by La. R.S. 32:409.1(A)(6)(c)(iii)."}]